Jobs

Female Jobs in Ancient Egypt Written and Designed By : Ye Na Kim  Women in ancient Egypt were treated well. Women in poor families had to work, in their home or out in the fields and in their husband ’ s trades. Wealthier women were proud that they didn ’ t have to work.  Priestess The role of priestess was considered as an honor more than a job. The king chooses who should be the priestess. Priestess wake up in the linen sheets and call her maids to dress her. When her makeup was done, her children came in to say good morning to her. Her servants made the townspeople give way to the priestess that was carried to the temple. She dances in the temple chorus. She holds a type of a rattle called a sistrum, which they would shake as she performs songs and dances in the temple. When the day was free, the priestess joined her husband and friends on the river. Her friends would help her enjoy the evening or they played senet (a Egyptian board game) with her husband.  Princess The eldest princess had a special importance. Not her brothers but she had power to pass on the sun god ’  s nature. Anyone who wishes to have power must marry the eldest princess. In fact the eldest princess might have to marry her own brother. For the princesses in ancient Egypt, the first job of the day, was to get washed, dressed, and make themselves beautiful. Then they study with the royal tutor. In the afternoon there was usually some ceremony to attend for the princesses. Musician and Dancers Ancient Egyptians had a group of female professional musician that  played the double flute, zither, and lute. Dancers were there to entertain. They worked almost naked, like the servant girls.  Mourners Group of professional mourners wore robes of blue color, which was the color of mourning. Mourners cried loudly, wailed, and rubbed ashes on their hands, as signs of grief. These were their job. They weren ’ t really sad and a grand funeral was no complete without them.  Peasants Female peasants need to get up at dawn and they need to boil grain to feed their family. The men must reap the crops and the women walk to town with eggs and homemade mats to sell. When the market was over, they have to clean, grind, bake and join the neighbors to spin. At noon, they would take the bread to eat. They stay to glean (has a meaning of collect, harvest, and reap) but sometimes gets into a fight when another gleaner spills their basket and claims their gleanings. Then they get supper ready and they make baskets for the rest of the time.  Now, there are some jobs in modern Egypt that were in ancient Egypt. For example a dancer still works but changed some of their dance steps or their clothing. This shows that ancient Egypt had many kinds of jobs and also tells about the women that were in ancient Egypt.

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<span style="font-size: 200%; color: rgb(255,185,0); font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(150,0,255); font-family: Georgia,serif;">Male Jobs in Ancient Egypt written and Designed by:Jeoung Woo

**<span style="color: rgb(255,185,0); font-family: Georgia,serif;">Scribes **
The most important job in Egypt was the scribe, the people that knew how to read and write. The Pharaoh used scribes because they wrote important data and stories about Egypt like stories that made the pharaoh immortal. The people who were intelligent could be scribes and serve the pharaoh.

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**Farmers**
Another important job was farming. The farmers worked hard, in the hot fields, producing food. Without the farmers the people would starve. But, when war would come the farmers went to war as soldiers. Also worked for the Pharaoh in exchange for food, clothes, etc At projects the Pharaoh used skilled people and unskilled ones. If the Pharaoh wanted to build a pyramid the people used wood, stone then they would get a stone on a wooden board and underneath there is wooden logs and tie the strings to the rock and pull the stone. It was heavy work and when there were accidents then lots of families lost their sons. Another job was the tax collector, everyone had to pay taxes. If the tax collector would take tax from a farmer the tax collector would estimate by seeing the field and estimate how much crops there are and guess how much to give to the Pharaoh. =<span style="color: rgb(255,0,255);">Wabs and Priests = <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Another job similar to the priest was the wab. Wabs were scribes, but trained for one month as a lo <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">wer priest. The wab did all kinds of cleaning the temple, giving thank to the gods. There were also different jobs. For example there was the Priest that helped the embalming when the Pharaoh or other people died. Also, the Priest prayed to the gods for the pharaoh to go safely to the other world.